In a recent interview with WMBR 88.1 in Cambridge, Joan Atlas, an adjunct professor in the English and Media Studies, offered an in-depth perspective of what it’s like to be a contingent faculty member, and why she’s become involved with the unionization effort.

Touching on topics ranging from healthcare to adjunct pay, Atlas discussed her role as the adjunct representative to the faculty senate. “I am one voice, representing about 149 adjuncts…one voice is not enough,” she said.

Atlas noted how the formation of the organizing committee at Bentley has given adjuncts a more powerful voice, allowing them to “step forward and say, ‘Yes, we should have a union here because we have a lot of areas where our work lives can be improved.'”

Click below to listen. Radio with a View is produced by Marc Stern and Dave Goodman for WMBR, 88.1 FM in Cambridge, MA.

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